Sustainable Building - Design Manual: Policy and Regulatory Mechanisms

The first volume of Sustainable Building design manual focuses on policy and regulatory mechanisms, while the second volume expounds on the process of green architecture by combining concepts and technologies with best practices for each integral design component. These serve as a basis for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals through appropriate strategies and regularity controls. Case studies of Gurgaon and a set of real-time case studies from Spain and the UK are dealt in the first volume. A must-have for architects, designers, urban planners, policymakers, engineers, and students.

Key Features:

• Issues, gaps, and barriers to policy implementation
• Market mechanisms to drive sustainable development
• Self-reinforcing policy tools, pricing policy packages, energy services, etc.
• Recommendations for amendments in the by-laws of Gurgaon

Contents:   

• Introduction: sustainability and building design
• Market mechanisms to drive sustainable development: case study of UK
• European experience
• Case study: Gurgaon
• Case study-London Borough of Merton
• Exploration of new avenues of action, financing, and tax regulations for the biosphere reserve: case study-Lanzarote
• Facilitation of sustainable building development in Gurgaon
• Recommendations for amendments in building bylaws for Gurgaon